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Final Datasheet Please read the Important Notice and Warnings at the end of this document V2.2 www.infineon.com page 1 of 64 Feb 6 2019 IR38164 IRф8тчх OptiMOS™ iPOL 30A Single-voltage Synchronous Buck Regulator with SVID Features Internal LDO allows single 16 V operation Output Voltage Range: 0.5 V to 0.875*PVin 0.5% accurate Reference Voltage Intel VR12.5 (Rev 1.5), SVID (Rev 1.7) and VR13 (Rev 1.1) compliant Enhanced line/load regulation with Feedforward Frequency programmable by PMBus™ up to 1.5 MHz Enable input with Voltage Monitoring Capability Remote Sense Amplifier with True Differential Voltage Sensing Fast mode I2C and 400 kHz PMBus™ interface for programming, sequencing and margining output voltage, and for monitoring input voltage, output voltage, output current and temperature. PMBus™ configurable fault thresholds for input UVLO, output OVP, OCP and thermal shutdown. Thermally compensated pulse-by-pulse current limit and Hiccup Mode Over Current Protection Dedicated output voltage sensing for power good indication and over-voltage protection which remains active even when Enable is low. Enhanced Pre-Bias Start up Integrated MOSFET drivers and Bootstrap diode Operating junction temp: -40 C<Tj<125 C Thermal Shut Down PMBus™ Programmable Power Good Output Small Size 5 mmx 7 mm PQFN Pb-Free (RoHS Compliant) External resistor allows setting up to 16 PMBus™ addresses Applications Designed for Intel® single phase power rails requiring SVID communication such as VCCIO and VCMP on platforms such as VR13HC, VR13 and VR12.5. Servers and High End Desktop CPU VRs for non-core applications Telecom & Datacom Applications Distributed Point of Load Power Architectures Product validation Qualified for industrial applications according to the relevant tests of JEDEC47/20/22

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Page 1: IR D8 B G E OptiMOS™ iPOL

Final Datasheet Please read the Important Notice and Warnings at the end of this document V2.2

www.infineon.com page 1 of 64 Feb 6 2019

IR38164

IR 8 OptiMOS™ iPOL

30A Single-voltage Synchronous Buck Regulator with SVID

Features Internal LDO allows single 16 V operation

Output Voltage Range: 0.5 V to 0.875*PVin

0.5% accurate Reference Voltage

Intel VR12.5 (Rev 1.5), SVID (Rev 1.7) and VR13 (Rev 1.1) compliant

Enhanced line/load regulation with Feedforward

Frequency programmable by PMBus™ up to 1.5 MHz

Enable input with Voltage Monitoring Capability

Remote Sense Amplifier with True Differential Voltage Sensing

Fast mode I2C and 400 kHz PMBus™ interface for programming, sequencing and margining output voltage,

and for monitoring input voltage, output voltage, output current and temperature.

PMBus™ configurable fault thresholds for input UVLO, output OVP, OCP and thermal shutdown.

Thermally compensated pulse-by-pulse current limit and Hiccup Mode Over Current Protection

Dedicated output voltage sensing for power good indication and over-voltage protection which remains

active even when Enable is low.

Enhanced Pre-Bias Start up

Integrated MOSFET drivers and Bootstrap diode

Operating junction temp: -40 ⁰C<Tj<125⁰C

Thermal Shut Down

PMBus™ Programmable Power Good Output

Small Size 5 mmx 7 mm PQFN

Pb-Free (RoHS Compliant)

External resistor allows setting up to 16 PMBus™ addresses

Applications

Designed for Intel® single phase power rails requiring SVID communication such as VCCIO and VCMP on

platforms such as VR13HC, VR13 and VR12.5.

Servers and High End Desktop CPU VRs for non-core applications

Telecom & Datacom Applications

Distributed Point of Load Power Architectures

Product validation

Qualified for industrial applications according to the relevant tests of JEDEC47/20/22

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Description

The IR38164 OptiMOS™ IPOL is an easy to use, fully integrated and highly efficient dc-dc regulator with Intel

SVID and I2C/PMBus™ interfaces. The on-chip PWM controller and co-packaged low duty cycle optimized

MOSFETs make the device a space-efficient solution, providing accurate power delivery for low output voltage

and high current applications that require an Intel SVID interface.

The IR38164 offers programmability of switching frequency, output voltage, and fault/warning thresholds and

fault responses while operating over a wide input range. Providing flexibility as well as system level security in

the event of fault conditions.

The switching frequency is programmable from 500 kHz to 1.5 MHz for an optimum solution.

The on-chip sensors and ADC along with the SVID, I2C and PMBus™ make it easy to monitor and report input

voltage, output voltage, output current and temperature.

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Features ........................................................................................................................................ 1

Applications ................................................................................................................................... 1

Product validation .......................................................................................................................... 1

Description .................................................................................................................................... 2

Table of contents ............................................................................................................................ 3

1 Ordering information ............................................................................................................. 5

2 Functional block diagram ........................................................................................................ 6

3 Typical application diagram .................................................................................................... 7

4 Pin descriptions ..................................................................................................................... 8

5 Absolute maximum ratings .................................................................................................... 10

6 Electrical specifications ......................................................................................................... 11

7 Electrical characteristics ........................................................................................................ 12

8 Typical efficiency and power loss curves .................................................................................. 18

8.1 PVin = Vin = 12 V, VCC=5 V, Fs = 600 kHz ................................................................................................... 18

8.2 PVin = Vin = 12 V, VCC (Internal LDO), Fs = 600 kHz .................................................................................. 19

8.3 PVin = Vin = Vcc = 5 V, Fs = 600 kHz ........................................................................................................... 20

9 Iout reporting curves (SVID) ................................................................................................... 21

10 Thermal Derating curves ........................................................................................................ 22

11 Typical application configurations .......................................................................................... 23

12 RDS(ON) of MOSFETs Over Temperature ....................................................................................... 25

13 Typical operating characteristics (-40 °C to +125 °C) .................................................................. 26

14 Theory of operation ............................................................................................................... 28

14.1 Description ............................................................................................................................................ 28

14.2 Device Power-up and Initialization....................................................................................................... 28

14.3 I C and PMBUS™ Communication ........................................................................................................ 29

14.4 Modes for Setting Output Voltages ....................................................................................................... 30

14.5 Bus Voltage UVLO .................................................................................................................................. 33

14.6 Pre-Bias startup ..................................................................................................................................... 34

14.7 Soft-Start (Reference DAC ramp) .......................................................................................................... 34

14.8 Operating frequency ............................................................................................................................ 35

14.9 Shutdown .............................................................................................................................................. 35

14.10 Current Sensing, Telemetry and Over-Current Protection .................................................................. 36

14.11 Current reporting limitation at high operating temperature .............................................................. 39

14.12 Die temperature sensing, telemetry and thermal shutdown .............................................................. 40

14.13 Remote voltage sensing ........................................................................................................................ 40

14.14 Feed-forward ......................................................................................................................................... 41

14.15 Output voltage sensing, telemetry and faults ...................................................................................... 41

14.16 Power Good Output .............................................................................................................................. 41

14.17 Over-Voltage Protection (OVP) ............................................................................................................. 43

14.18 Minimum On-Time Considerations....................................................................................................... 44

14.19 Maximum Duty Ratio ............................................................................................................................. 45

14.20 Bootstrap Capacitor .............................................................................................................................. 45

14.21 Intel SVID interface ................................................................................................................................ 46

14.22 All Call support ...................................................................................................................................... 46

14.23 VR12.5 operation ................................................................................................................................... 46

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14.24 VR13 operation ...................................................................................................................................... 46

14.25 Set Work Point ....................................................................................................................................... 46

14.26 Dynamic VID slew rate ........................................................................................................................... 47

14.27 Loop compensation .............................................................................................................................. 47

14.28 Dynamic VID compensation .................................................................................................................. 47

15 I C and PMBus™ communication protocols .............................................................................. 48

15.1 I2C Protocols ......................................................................................................................................... 48

15.2 SMBus/PMBus™ protocols .................................................................................................................... 48

15.3 Supported PMBus™ commands ............................................................................................................ 51

16 PCB footprint and layout recommendations ............................................................................. 55

16.1 Layout recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 55

16.2 PCB Metal and Component Placement ................................................................................................ 56

16.3 PCB copper and solder resist ................................................................................................................ 56

16.4 PCB solder paste stencil ........................................................................................................................ 57

17 Marking and package information ........................................................................................... 59

17.1 Final production marking ..................................................................................................................... 59

17.2 Early production marking ..................................................................................................................... 59

17.3 Package dimensions ............................................................................................................................. 60

18 Environmental Qualifications ................................................................................................. 62

19 References ........................................................................................................................... 63

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Ordering information

1 Ordering information

Table 1 Ordering Information

Base Part Number Package Type Standard Pack Form and Qty Orderable Part Number

IR38164 QFN 5 mm x 7 mm Tape and Reel 4000 IR38164MTRPbF

IR38164

PBF

TRM

Lead FreeTape and ReelPackage Type

Figure 1 Package Top View

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Functional block diagram

2 Functional block diagram

GATEDRIVELOGIC

+

CONTROL AND FAULT LOGIC

VCCFB

Vin

BOOT

SW

PGND

PVIN

Enable

E/A

-

+

VLDOref LDO

VCC

VCC

Current Sense

UVcc

HDin

LGND

COMP

LDin

UVcc

VDAC2 HDrv

LDrv

Temperature Sense

SVID Interface, SMBusInterface,

Logic, Command and Status registers

SDA

SCL

Salert

Vsns

RS+

RS-

Rso

FAULT CONTROL

OC_Fault

OV_Fault

Fault

Fault

Vsn

s

OT_Fault

UVEN

PG

OO

D_O

FF

SE

T_D

AC

UV

P1V

8

P1V

8

ADDR

-

FCCM

P1V8

LDO

Vcc

ISense

PV

in

OT_

Faul

t

OC

_Fa

ult

TMON

PGood

UV

_EN

VIN

_OFF

_DA

C

VIN

_ON

_DA

C

IOU

T_O

C_F

AU

LT_

DA

C

VIN

_UV

_DA

C

VIN

_OV

_DA

C

VO

UT_

OV

_OF

FS

ET

_DA

C

VD

AC

2

VD

AC

1

OV

in

UV

in

OC

Fau

lt

OF

F

VO

UT

OV

SV_CLK SV_DIO SV_ALERT

Figure 2 Block diagram

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Typical application diagram

3 Typical application diagram

BootVcc/

LDO_out

Fb

Comp

SWVo

PGood

PGood

5.5V <Vin<16V

PVinVinEnable

VsnsRS+

RSo

RS-

ADDR SC

L

SD

A

SA

lert

PGnd LGnd

SV_DIO

P1V8

SV_CLK

SV_ALERT

i2C

/P

MB

us

lines

; pu

ll up

to

3.3

V

CPU serial bus

Optional placeholder for boot resistor. Default should be 0 ohm

Placeholder for capacitor

For applications in which Pvin>14V, a 1 ohm resistor is required in series with the boot capacitor .

Figure 3 IR38164 basic application circuit

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Pin descriptions

4 Pin descriptions

Table 2 Pin descriptions

Pin# Pin name Pin description

1 PVIN Input voltage for power stage. Bypass capacitors between PVin and PGND should

be connected very close to this pin and PGND. Typical applications use four 22 µF

input capacitors and a low ESR, low ESL 0.1 µF decoupling capacitor in a

0603/0402 case size. A 3.3 nF capacitor may also be used in parallel with these

input capacitors to reduce ringing on the SW node.

2 Boot Supply voltage for high side driver. A 0.1 µF capacitor should be connected from

this pin to the SW pin. It is recommended to provide a placement for a 0 ohm

resistor in series with the capacitor. For applications in which PVin>14 V, a 1 ohm

resistor is required in series with the boot capacitor.

3 ENABLE Enable pin to turn the IC on and off.

4 ADDR A resistor should be connected from this pin to LGnd to set the PMBus™ address

offset for the device. It is recommended to provide a placement for a 10 nF

capacitor in parallel with the offset resistor.

5 Vsns Sense pin for OVP and PGood. Typically connected to a local Vout capacitor at the

output of the inductor.

6 FB Inverting input to the error amplifier. This pin is connected directly to the output

of the regulator or to the output of the remote sense amplifier, via resistor divider

to set the output voltage and provide feedback to the error amplifier.

7 COMP Output of error amplifier. An external resistor and capacitor network is typically

connected from this pin to FB to provide loop compensation.

8 RSo Remote Sense Amplifier Output. When the remote sense amplifier is used, this is

connected to the feedback compensation network

9 RS- Remote Sense Amplifier input. Connect to ground at the load.

10 RS+ Remote Sense Amplifier input. Connect to output at the load.

11 PGood Power Good status pin. Output is open drain. Connect a pull up resistor from this

pin to VCC. If the power good voltage needs to be limited to < 500 mV prior power

supply ramps above the VCC UVLO, use a 49.9 kΩ pullup. After VCC UVLO a 4.99 kΩ

pullup will suffice.

12,25 PGND Power ground. This pin should be connected to the system’s power ground plane. Bypass capacitors between PVin and PGND should be connected very close to

PVIN pin (pin 1) and this pin.

13 LGND Signal ground for internal reference and control circuitry. This should be

connected to the PGnd plane at a quiet location using a single point connection.

14 SV_CLK SVID CLK line. This is pulled up to VDDIO/VCCIO voltage. It is recommended to

provide a placement for a 0603 resistor between the pin and the pullup resistor.

15 SV_DIO SVID Data line. This is pulled up to VDDIO/VCCIO voltage. It is recommended to

provide a placement for a 0603 resistor between the pin and the pullup resistor.

16 SV_ALERT SVID Alert line. This is pulled up to VDDIO/VCCIO voltage through a resistor.

17 SAlert# SMBus Alert line; open drain SMBALERT# pin. This should be pulled up to 3.3 V-5 V

with a 1 kΩ - 5 kΩ resistor.

18 SDA SMBus data serial input/output line. This should be pulled up to 3.3 V-5 V with a 1

kΩ - 5 kΩ resistor.

19 SCL SMBus clock line. This should be pulled up to 3.3 V-5 V with a 1 kΩ - 5 kΩ resistor.

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Pin descriptions

Pin# Pin name Pin description

20 P1V8 This is the supply for the digital circuits; bypass with a 10 µF capacitor to PGnd.

21 Vin Input Voltage for LDO. A 1 µF capacitor is placed from this pin to PGnd. If the

internal bias LDO is used, tie this pin to PVin. If an external bias voltage (typically 5

V) is available for Vcc, tie the Vin pin to Vcc.

22 VCC Bias Voltage for IC and driver section, output of LDO. Add 10 µF bypass cap from

this pin to PGnd.

23,26 NC Do not connect to this pin.

24 SW Switch node. This pin is connected to the output inductor.

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Absolute maximum ratings

5 Absolute maximum ratings

Table 3 Absolute maximum ratings

PVin, Vin -0.3 V to 25 V

Vcc/LDO_Out -0.3 V to 6 V

P1V8 -0.3 V to 2 V

SW -0.3 V to 25 V (dc), -4 V to 25 V (ac, 100 ns)

Boot -0.3 V to 31 V

Boot to SW -0.3 V to 6 V (dc) (Note 1), -0.3 V to 6.5 V (ac, 100 ns)

PGood, other Input/Output Pins -0.3 V to 6 V (Note 1)

PGnd to Gnd -0.3 V to + 0.3 V

Thermal information

Junction to ambient thermal resistance θJA 11.1 C/W (Note 2)

Junction to board thermal resistance θJB 4.16 C/W (Note 3)

Junction to case top thermal resistance θJC(top) 18.9 C/W (Note 4)

Junction to case top thermal parameter ΨJT (top) 0.32 C/W (Note 2)

Storage Temperature Range -55 °C to 150 °C

Junction Temperature Range -40 °C to 150 °C

(Voltage referenced to GND unless otherwise specified)

Attention: Stresses beyond these listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only and not functional operation ratings of

the device.

Note: 1 Must not exceed 6 V

2 Value obtained via thermal simulation under natural convection on an IR38164 demo board. 10 layer, 7” x 5.5”x0.072” PCB with 1.5 oz copper at the top and bottom layer. Inner layers 2, 3, 8 and 9 have 1 oz copper

and layers 4,5,6,7 have 2 oz copper. Ta = 25 ⁰C was used for the simulation. 3 PCB from note 2 and package is considered in thermal simulation with Ta=25 ⁰C. Pin 12 is considered. 4 Only package is considered. Simulation is used with a cold plate that fixes top of package at Ta=25 ⁰C.

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Electrical specifications

6 Electrical specifications

Table 4 Recommended operating conditions for reliable operation with margin

Input Voltage Range, PVin (Note 4) 1.5 V to 16 V

Input Voltage Range, Vin 5.3 V to 16 V

Supply Voltage Range, Vcc 4.5 V to 5.5 V

Supply Voltage Range, Boot to SW 4.5 V to 5.5 V

Output Voltage Range 0.5 V to 0.875 x Vin

Output Current Range 0 to 30 A

Switching Frequency 500 kHz to 1500 kHz

Operating Junction Temperature -40 °C to 125 °C

(Voltages referenced to GND unless otherwise specified)

Note: 4 Maximum absolute SW node voltage should not exceed 25 V. A common practice is to have 20%

margin on the maximum SW node voltage in the design. For applications requiring PVin equal to

or above 14 V, a small resistor in series with the Boot pin should be used to ensure the maximum

SW node spike voltage does not exceed 25 V.

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Electrical characteristics

7 Electrical characteristics

Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ Max Unit

Power Stage

Top Switch RDS(ON)_Top VBoot – Vsw= 5 V, IO = 30 A,

Tj =25 °C 2.2

Bottom Switch RDS(ON)_Bot Vcc = 5 V, IO = 30 A, Tj

=25°C 0.78

Bootstrap Diode

Forward Voltage I(Boot) = 40 mA 150 300 450 mV

SW Leakage Current ISW SW = 0 V, Enable = 0 V 1

µA ISW_EN SW=0; Enable= 2 V 18

Supply Voltage

PVin range

(using external Vcc=5 V)

1.5-16 V

Vin range

(using internal LDO)

Fsw=600 kHz 5.3-16 V

Fsw=1.5 MHz 5.5-16

Vin range (when Vin=Vcc) 4.5 5.0 5.5 V

Supply Current

Vin Supply Current

(standby) (internal Vcc)

Iin(Standby) Enable low, No Switching,

Vin=16 V, low power mode

enabled

2.7

4

mA

Vin Supply Current

(dynamic) (internal Vcc)

Iin(Dyn) Enable high, Fs = 600 kHz,

Vin=16 V

39

50 mA

VCC Supply Current

(Standby)(external Vcc)

Icc(Standby) Enable low, No Switching,

Vcc=5.5 V, low power mode

enabled

2.7 5 mA

VCC Supply Current

(Dyn)(external Vcc)

Icc(Dyn) Enable high, Fs = 600 kHz,

Vcc=5.5 V

39 50 mA

Internal Regulator

VCC\LDO)

Output Voltage VCC

Vin(min) = 5.5 V, Io=0 mA,

Cload = 10 µF 4.8 5.15 5.4

V Vin(min) = 5.5 V, Io=70 mA,

Cload = 10 µF 4.5 4.99 5.2

VCC Dropout VCCdrop Io=0-70 mA, Cload =10µF,

Vin=5.1 V 0.7 V

Short Circuit Current Ishort 110 mA

Internal Regulator

(P1V8)

Output Voltage P1V8 Vin(min) = 4.5 V, Io = 0‐1mA

, Cload = 10 µF

1.795 1.83 1.905 V

1.8V UVLO Start P1V8_UVLO_Start 1.8 V Rising Trip Level 1.66 1.72 1.78 V

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Electrical characteristics

Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ Max Unit

1.8V UVLO Stop P1V8_UVLO_Stop 1.8 V Falling Trip Level 1.59 1.63 1.68 V

Oscillator

Ramp Amplitude Vramp

PVin=5 V, D=Dmax, Note 2 0.71

Vp-p PVin=12 V, D=Dmax,Note 2 1.84

PVin=16 V, D=Dmax,Note 2 2.46

Ramp Offset Ramp(os) Note 2 0.22 V

Min Pulse Width Tmin(ctrl) Note 2 35 50 ns

Fixed Off Time Toff Note 2 Fs=1.5 MHz 100 150 ns

Max Duty Cycle Dmax Fs=400 kHz 86 87.5 89 %

Error Amplifier

Input Bias Current IFb(E/A) -0.5 +0.5 µA

Sink Current Isink(E/A) 0.6 1.1 1.8 mA

Source Current Isource(E/A) 8 13 25 mA

Slew Rate SR Note 2 7 12 20 V/µs

Gain-Bandwidth Product GBWP Note 2 20 30 40 MHz

DC Gain Gain Note 2 100 110 120 dB

Maximum output Voltage Vmax(E/A) 2.8 3.9 4.3 V

Minimum output Voltage Vmin(E/A) 100 mV

Reference Voltage

Accuracy

00C<Tj<850C

1.25 V<VFB<2.555 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1; -1 +1

% 0.75 V<VFB<1.25 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1;

-0.75 +0.75

0.45 V<VFB<0.75 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1;

-0.5 +0.5

Accuracy

-400C<Tj<1250C

1.25 V<VFB<2.555 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1;

-1.6 +1.6

% 0.75 V<VFB<1.25 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1;

-1.0 +1.0

0.45 V<VFB<0.75 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1;

-2.0 +2.0

Remote Sense Differential Amplifier

Unity Gain Bandwidth BW_RS Note 2 3 6.4 MHz

DC Gain Gain_RS Note 2 110 dB

Offset Voltage Offset_RS 0.5 V<RS+<2.555 V, 4 kΩ

load

27 ⁰C<Tj<85 ⁰C

-1.6 0 1.6

mV

0.5 V<RS+<2.555 V, 4kΩ

load

-40 ⁰C<Tj<125 ⁰C

-3 3

Source Current Isource_RS V_RSO=1.5 V, V_RSP=4 V 11 16 mA

Sink Current Isink_RS 0.4 1 2 mA

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Electrical characteristics

Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ Max Unit

Slew Rate Slew_RS Note 2, Cload = 100 pF 2 4 8 V/µs

Source Current Isource_RS V_RSO=1.5 V, V_RSP=4 V 11 16 mA

RS+ input impedance Rin_RS+ 36 55 74 Kohm

RS- input impedance Rin_RS- Note 2 36 55 74 Kohm

Maximum Voltage Vmax_RS V(VCC) – V(RS+) 0.5 1 1.5 V

Minimum Voltage Min_RS 4 20 mV

Power Good

Power Good High

threshold

Power_Good_High Vsns rising,

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1,

Vout=0.5 V, PMBus™ mode 0.45 V

Power Good Low

Threshold

Power_Good_Low Vsns falling,

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1,

Vout=0.5 V, PMBus™ mode

0.43 V

Power Good High

Threshold Rising Delay

TPDLY Vsns rising, Vsns >

Power_Good_High 0 ms

Power Good Low

Threshold Falling delay

VPG_low_Dly Vsns falling, Vsns <

Power_Good_Low 150 175 200 µs

Pgood Voltage Low PG(voltage) Ipgood = -5 mA 0.5 V

Under-Voltage Lockout

Vcc-Start Threshold VCC_UVLO_Start Vcc Rising Trip Level 4.0 4.2 4.4 V

Vcc-Stop Threshold VCC_UVLO_Stop Vcc Falling Trip Level 3.7 3.9 4.1

Enable-Start-Threshold Enable_UVLO_Start EN supply ramping up 0.55 0.6 0.65 V

Enable-Stop-Threshold Enable_UVLO_Stop EN supply ramping down 0.35 0.4 0.45

Enable Leakage Current Ien Enable = 5.5 V 1 µA

Over-Voltage Protection

OVP Trip Threshold OVP (trip) Vsns rising,

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1,

Vout=0.5V

0.57 0.605 0.63 V

OVP Comparator Delay OVP (hyst)

Vsns falling,

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1,

Vout=0.5 V

20 30 40 mV

OVP Fault Prop Delay OVP (delay) Vsns rising, Vsns-

OVP(trip)>200 mV 200 ns

Over-Curent Protection

OC Trip Current ITRIP OC limit=40, VCC = 5.05 V,

Tj=25 ⁰C 34.5 40 44 A

OCset Current

Temperature coefficient OCSET(temp)

-40 ⁰C to 125 ⁰C, VCC=5.05

V, Note 2 5900 ppm/°C

Hiccup blanking time Tblk_Hiccup Note 2 20 ms

Over-Temperature

Protection

Thermal Shutdown Note 2 145 °C

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Electrical characteristics

Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ Max Unit

Hysteresis Note 2 25

Input Over-Voltage

Protection

PVin over-voltage

threshold

PVinOV 22 23.7 25 V

PVin over-voltage

Hysteresis

PVin ov hyst 2.4 V

Output Voltage

Reporting

Resolution NVout Note 2 1/256 V

Vout update rate 31.25 kHz

Lowest reported Vout Vomon_low Vsns=0V 0 V

Highest reported Vout Vomon_high

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1,

Vsns=3.3 V 3.3 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=0.5,

Vsns=3.3 V 6.6 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=0.25,

Vsns=3.3 V 13.2 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=0.125,

Vsns=3.3 V 26.4 V

Vout reporting accuracy

0 ⁰C to 85 ⁰C,

4.5 V<Vcc<5.5 V,

1 V<Vsns≤ 1.5 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1

+/-0.6

%

0 ⁰C to 85 ⁰C,

4.5 V<Vcc<5.5 V, Vsns> 1.5 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1

+/-1

0 ⁰C to 125 ⁰C,

4.5 V<Vcc<5.5 V, Vsns>0.9 V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1

+/-1.5

00C to 1250C,

4.5V<Vcc<5.5V,

0.5V<Vsns<0.9V

VOUT_SCALE_LOOP=1

+/-3

Iout Reporting

Resolution NIout Note 2 1/16 A

Iout update rate 31.25 kHz

Iout (digital) monitoring

Range

0 40 A

Iout_dig Accuracy

I2C/PMBus™ mode

0 ⁰C to 125 ⁰C,

4.5 V<Vcc<5.5 V,

5 A < Iout <30 A

+/-5 %

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Electrical characteristics

Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ Max Unit

Note 3

Temperature Reporting

Resolution NTmon Note 2 1 °C

Temperature update rate 31.25 kHz

Temperature Monitoring

Range

Tmon_dig -40 150 °C

Thermal shutdown

hysteresis

Note 2 25 °C

Input Voltage Reporting

Resolution NPVin Note 2 1/32 V

Monitoring Range PMBVinmon 0 21 V

PVin update rate 31.25 kHz

Monitoring accuracy

0 ⁰C to 85 ⁰C

4.5 V<Vcc<5.5V, PVin>10 V -1.5 1.5

%

-400C to 1250C

4.5 V<Vcc<5.5 V, PVin>14 V -1.5 1.5

-40 ⁰C to 125 ⁰C,

4.5 V<Vcc<5.5 V,

7V<PVin<14 V

-4 4

PMBus™ Interface

Timing Specifications

SMBus Operating

frequency

FSMB 400 kHz

Bus Free time between

Start and Stop condition

TBUF 1.3 µs

Hold time after

(Repeated) Start

Condition. After this

period, the first clock is

generated.

THD:STA

0.6 µs

Repeated start condition

setup time

TSU:STA 0.6 µs

Stop condition setup

time

TSU:STO 0.6 µs

Data Rising Threshold 1.339 1.766 V

Data Falling Threshold 1.048 1.495 V

Data Rising Threshold

LVT

0.45 0.65 V

Clock Rising Threshold

LVT

0.7 0.9 V

Clock Falling Threshold

LVT

0.45 0.65 V

Data Hold Time THD:DAT 300 900 ns

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Electrical characteristics

Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ Max Unit

Data Setup Time TSU:DAT 100 ns

Data pulldown resistance 8 11 16 Ω

SALERT# pulldown

resistance

9 12 17 Ω

Clock low time out TTIMEOUT 25 35 ms

Clock low period TLOW 1.3 µs

Clock High Period THIGH 0.6 50 µs

Note: 2 Guaranteed by design and not tested in production.

Note: 3 Guaranteed by statistical correlation, but not tested in production.

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Typical efficiency and power loss curves

8 Typical efficiency and power loss curves

8.1 PVin = Vin = V, VCC= V, Fs = kHz

PVin = Vin = 12 V, VCC=5 V (external), Io=0-30 A, Fs= 600 kHz, Room Temperature, No Air Flow. Note that the

efficiency and power loss curves include the losses of IR38164, the inductor losses, the losses of the input and

output capacitors, and PCB trace losses. The table below shows the inductors used for each of the output

voltages in the efficiency measurement.

Table 5 Inductors for PVin=Vin=12 V, VCC, Fs = 600 kHz

Vout (V) Lout (µH) P/N DCR (m) Size (mm)

0.8 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.0 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.2 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.5 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.8 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

3.3 0.32 FP1308R3-R32-R (Cooper) 0.32 12.7 x 13.4 x 8

5 0.32 FP1308R3-R32-R (Cooper) 0.32 12.7 x 13.4 x 8

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8.2 PVin = Vin = V, VCC Internal LDO , Fs = kHz

PVin = Vin = 12 V, Internal LDO, Io=0-30 A, Fs= 600 kHz, Room Temperature, No Air Flow. Note that the efficiency

and power loss curves include the losses of IR38164, the inductor losses, the losses of the input and output

capacitors, and PCB trace losses. The table below shows the inductors used for each of the output voltages in

the efficiency measurement.

Table 6 Inductors for PVin=Vin=12 V, Internal LDO, Fs = 600 kHz

Vout (V) Lout (µH) P/N DCR (m) Size (mm)

0.8 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.0 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.2 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.5 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.8 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

3.3 0.32 FP1308R3-R32-R (Cooper) 0.32 12.7 x 13.4 x 8

5 0.32 FP1308R3-R32-R (Cooper) 0.32 12.7 x 13.4 x 8

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8.3 PVin = Vin = Vcc = V, Fs = kHz

PVin = Vin = VCC = 5 V, Io=0-30 A, Fs= 600 kHz, Room Temperature, No Air Flow. Note that the efficiency and

power loss curves include the losses of IR38164, the inductor losses, the losses of the input and output

capacitors and PCB trace losses. The table below shows the inductors used for each of the output voltages in

the efficiency measurement.

Table 7 Inductors for PVin=Vin=Vcc=5 V, Fs = 600 kHz

Vout (V) Lout (µH) P/N DCR (m) Size (mm)

0.8 0.1 HCB138380D-101 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.0 0.1 HCB138380D-101 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.2 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.5 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

1.8 0.15 HCB138380D-151 (Delta) 0.15 12.4 x 8.3 x 8

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Iout reporting curves (SVID)

9 Iout reporting curves SVID

An Intel VRTT tool was used on a 38164 demo board running at 978 kHz to collect SVID Iout reporting data. This

is shown on Figure 4 and Figure 5.

Figure 4 SVID readings from 37 units. Intel DCR 7%, NTC 3% spec.

Figure 5 SVID readings for the min and max gain. Intel DCR 7%, NTC 3% spec.

0

5

10

15

20

25

0 5 10 15 20 25

SV

ID_

IMO

N (

A)

Iout (A)

NTC 0.03 Max Limit (6%)

NTC 0.03 Min Limit (6%)

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

0 5 10 15 20 25

SV

ID_

IMO

N

(A)

Iout (A)

Max Sweep

Min Sweep

Max Limit NTC 0.03 (6%)

Min Limit NTC 0.03 (6%)

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Thermal Derating curves

10 Thermal Derating curves

The measurements were done on an IR38164 demo board. The PCB is . x . x . with 10-layers, FR4

material and 2 oz. copper.

Figure 6 PVin = 12 V, Vout=1 V, Vcc = Internal LDO, Fs = 978 kHz

15

17

19

21

23

25

27

29

31

25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85

Max

Iou

t (A

)

TAmb (˚C)

IR38164 Thermal Derating Curves)PVin=12V, Vout=1V, Fsw=978kHz

0 LFM 200 LFM 400 LFM

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Typical application configurations

11 Typical application configurations

BootVcc/

LDO_out

Fb

Comp

SWVo

PGood

PGood

5.5V <Vin<16V

PVinVinEnable

VsnsRS+

RSo

RS-

ADDR SC

L

SD

A

SA

lert

PGnd LGnd

SV_DIO

P1V8

SV_CLK

SV_ALERT

i2C

/P

MB

us

lines

; pu

ll up

to

3.3

V

CPU serial bus

Optional placeholder for boot resistor. Default should be 0 ohm

Placeholder for capacitor

For applications in which Pvin>14V, a 1 ohm resistor is required in series with the boot capacitor.

Figure 7 Using the internal LDO, Vo < 2.555 V

Vo

PGood

5.5V <Vin<16V

ADDR

BootVcc/

LDO_out

Fb

Comp

SW

PGood

PVinVinEnable

VsnsRS+

RSo

RS-

ADDR SC

L

SD

A

SA

lert

PGnd LGnd

SV_DIO

P1V8

SV_CLK

SV_ALERT

Optional placeholder for boot resistor. Default should be 0 ohm

i2C

/P

MB

us

lines

; pu

ll up

to

3.3

/5V

CPU serial bus

Placeholder for capacitor

For applications in which Pvin>14V, a 1 ohm resistor is required in series with the boot capacitor.

R2

Recommend R2=499 ohm

Figure 8 Using the internal LDO, Vo > 2.555 V

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Typical application configurations

Vo

PGood

1.5V <PVin<16V

Vcc=5VBoot

Vcc/LDO_out

Fb

Comp

SW

PGood

PVinVinEnable

VsnsRS+

RSo

RS-

ADDR SC

L

SD

A

SA

lert

PGnd LGnd

SV_DIO

P1V8

SV_CLK

SV_ALERT

Optional placeholder for boot resistor. Default should be 0 ohm

i2C

/P

MB

us

lines

; pu

ll up

to

3.3

/5V

CPU serial bus

Placeholder for capacitor

For applications in which Pvin>14V, a 1 ohm resistor is required in series with the boot capacitor .

Figure 9 Using external Vcc, Vo<2.555 V

Vo

PGood

PVin=Vin=Vcc= 5V

BootVcc/

LDO_out

Fb

Comp

SW

PGood

PVinVinEnable

VsnsRS+

RSo

RS-

ADDR SC

L

SD

A

SA

lert

PGnd LGnd

SV_DIO

P1V8

SV_CLK

SV_ALERT

Optional placeholder for boot resistor. Default should be 0 ohm

i2C

/P

MB

us

lines

; pu

ll up

to

3.3

/5V

CPU serial bus

Placeholder for capacitor

Figure 10 Single 5 V application, Vo<2.555 V

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RDS(ON) of MOSFETs Over Temperature

12 RDS ON of MOSFETs Over Temperature

Figure 11 RDS(on) of MOSFETs over Temperature

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Typical operating characteristics (-40 C to +125 C)

13 Typical operating characteristics - °C to + °C

Figure 12 Typical operating characteristics (set 1 of 2)

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Typical operating characteristics (-40 C to +125 C)

Figure 13 Typical operating characteristics (set 2of 2)

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Theory of operation

14 Theory of operation

14.1 Description

The IR38164 is a 30 A rated synchronous buck converter that supports PMBus™ and I2C digital interfaces

respectively. This device is Intel SVID compliant and can support VR12.5 as well as VR13. It uses an externally

compensated fast, analog, PWM voltage mode control scheme to provide good noise immunity as well as fast

dynamic response in a wide variety of applications. At the same time, the digital communication interfaces

allow complete configurability of output setting and fault functions, as well as telemetry.

The switching frequency is programmable from 500 kHz to 1.5 MHz and provides the capability of optimizing

the design in terms of size and performance.

The IR38164 provides precisely regulated output voltages from 0.5 V to 0.875*PVin programmed via two

external resistors or through the communication interfaces. They operate with an internal bias supply (LDO),

typically 5.2 V. This allows operation with a single supply. The output of this LDO is brought out at the Vcc pin

and must be bypassed to the system power ground with a 10 µF decoupling capacitor. The Vcc pin may also be

connected to the Vin pin, and an external Vcc supply between 4.5 V and 5.5 V may be used, allowing an

extended operating bus voltage (PVin) range from 1.5 V to 16 V.

The device utilizes the on-resistance of the low side MOSFET (synchronous MOSFET) as the current sense

element. This method enhances the converter’s efficiency and reduces cost by eliminating the need for external current sense components.

The IR38164 includes two low RDS(ON MOSFETs using Infineon’s OptiMOSTM technology. These are specifically

designed for low duty cycle, high efficiency applications.

14.2 Device Power-up and Initialization

During the power-up sequence, when Vin is brought up, the internal LDO converts it to a regulated 5.2 V at Vcc.

There is another LDO which further converts this down to 1.8 V to supply the internal digital circuitry. An under-

voltage lockout circuit monitors the voltage of VCC pin and the P1V8 pin, and holds the Power-on-reset (POR)

low until these voltages exceed their thresholds and the internal 48 MHz oscillator is stable. When the device

comes out of reset, it initializes a multiple times programmable (MTP) memory load cycle, where the contents

of the MTP are loaded into the working registers. Once the registers are loaded from MTP, the designer can use

PMBus™ commands to re-configure the various parameters to suit the specific VR design requirements if

desired, irrespective of the status of Enable.

The typical default configuration utilizes the internal LDO to supply the VCC rail when PVin is brought up. For

this configuration power conversion is enabled only when the Enable pin voltage exceeds its under-voltage

threshold, the PVin bus voltage exceeds its under-voltage threshold, the contents of the MTP have been fully

loaded into the working registers and the device address has been read. The initialization sequence is shown in

Figure 14. Another common default configuration uses an external power supply for the VCC rail. While in this

configuration it is recommended to ensure the VCC rail reaches its target voltage prior the enable signal goes

high.

Additional options are available to enable the device power conversion through software and these options

may be configured to override the default by using the I2C interface or PMBus™. For further details, see the

UN0075 IR3816x PMBus™ commandset user note.

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Theory of operation

PVIN=VIN

VCC

P1V8

UVOK

clkrdy

PORInitialization

done

Enable

Vout

Figure 14 Initialization sequence showing PVin, Vin, Vcc, 1.8V, Enable and Vout signals as well as the

internal logic signals

14.3 I C and PMBUS™ Communication

All the devices in this family have two 7-bit registers that are used to set the base I2C address and base PMBus™

address of the device, as shown below in Table 8 .

Table 8 Registers used to set device base address

Register Description

I2c_address[6:0] The chip I2C address. An address

of 0 will disable I2C

communication. Note that

disabling I2C does not disable

PMBus™.

PMBus™_address[6:0] The chip PMBus™ address. An

address of 0 will disable PMBus™

communication. Note that

disabling PMBus™ does not

disable I2C.

In addition, a resistor may be connected between the ADDR and LGND pins to set an offset from the default

preconfigured I2C address (0x10) /PMBus™ address (0x40) in the MTP. Up to 16 different offsets can be set,

allowing 16 devices with unique addresses in a single system. This offset, and hence, the device address, is read

by the internal 10-bit ADC during the initialization sequence.

Table 9 below provides the resistor values needed to set the 16 offsets from the base address.

*Do not use these values for applications with ambient temperatures <0°C.

Table 9 Address offset vs External Resistor(RADDR)

ADDR Resistor (Ohm) Address Offset

499 +0

1050 +1

1540 +2

2050 +3

2610 +4

3240 +5

3830 +6

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ADDR Resistor (Ohm) Address Offset

4530 +7

5230 +8

6040 +9

6980 +10

7870 +11

8870 +12

9760 +13

10700 +14

>11800 +15

The device will then respond to I2C/PMBus™ commands sent to this address. There is also a register bit

i2c_disable_addr_offset that may be set in order to instruct the device to ignore the resistor offset for both I2C

and PMBus™. If this bit is set, the device will always respond to commands sent to the base address. For

applications with junction temperatures below 0°C, offsets +0, +1, and +2 are not available.

14.4 Modes for Setting Output Voltages

These devices provide a configuration bit that allows the user to choose between PMBus™ and SVID modes.

When this bit is set, SVID mode, the output voltage will ramp to the configured boot voltage and subsequently,

respond to voltage set commands issued by the CPU on the Serial VID (SVID) interface. The VID tables for 5 mV

and 10 mV VID steps are shown in the tables below. A VID code of 0 corresponds to 0 V as well as the regulator

shutdown code in SVID mode. Vboot which is utilized in the SVID mode should not be set to 0 V as this will

shutdown the regulator. When this bit is zero, the regulation is determined by the output voltage set by the

PMBus™ commands. It should be noted that irrespective of the mode used to set the output voltage, telemetry

information always remains available on both the communications busses.

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Table 10 Intel 5 mV VID table

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

FF 1.52 C5 1.23 91 0.97 57 0.68 2F 0.48 FE 1.515 C4 1.225 90 0.965 56 0.675 2E 0.475 FD 1.51 C3 1.22 8F 0.96 55 0.67 2D 0.47 FC 1.505 C2 1.215 8E 0.955 54 0.665 2C 0.465 FB 1.5 C1 1.21 8D 0.95 53 0.66 2B 0.46 FA 1.495 C0 1.205 8C 0.945 52 0.655 2A 0.455 F9 1.49 BF 1.2 8B 0.94 51 0.65 29 0.45 F8 1.485 BE 1.195 8A 0.935 50 0.645 28 0.445 F7 1.48 BD 1.19 89 0.93 4F 0.64 27 0.44 F6 1.475 BC 1.185 88 0.925 4E 0.635 26 0.435 F5 1.47 BB 1.18 87 0.92 4D 0.63 25 0.43 F4 1.465 BA 1.175 86 0.915 4C 0.625 24 0.425 F3 1.46 B9 1.17 85 0.91 4B 0.62 23 0.42 F2 1.455 B8 1.165 84 0.905 4A 0.615 22 0.415 F1 1.45 B7 1.16 83 0.9 49 0.61 21 0.41 F0 1.445 B6 1.155 82 0.895 48 0.605 20 0.405 EF 1.44 BB 1.18 81 0.89 47 0.6 1F 0.4 EE 1.435 BA 1.175 80 0.885 58 0.685 1E N/A ED 1.43 B9 1.17 7F 0.88 57 0.68 1D N/A EC 1.425 B8 1.165 7E 0.875 56 0.675 1C N/A EB 1.42 B7 1.16 7D 0.87 55 0.67 1B N/A EA 1.415 B6 1.155 7C 0.865 54 0.665 1A N/A E9 1.41 B5 1.15 7B 0.86 53 0.66 19 N/A E8 1.405 B4 1.145 7A 0.855 52 0.655 18 N/A E7 1.4 B3 1.14 79 0.85 51 0.65 17 N/A E6 1.395 B2 1.135 78 0.845 50 0.645 16 N/A E5 1.39 B1 1.13 77 0.84 4F 0.64 15 N/A E4 1.385 B0 1.125 76 0.835 4E 0.635 14 N/A E3 1.38 AF 1.12 75 0.83 4D 0.63 13 N/A E2 1.375 AE 1.115 74 0.825 4C 0.625 12 N/A E1 1.37 AD 1.11 73 0.82 4B 0.62 11 N/A E0 1.365 AC 1.105 72 0.815 4A 0.615 10 N/A DF 1.36 AB 1.1 71 0.81 49 0.61 0F N/A DE 1.355 AA 1.095 70 0.805 48 0.605 0E N/A DD 1.35 A9 1.09 6F 0.8 47 0.6 0D N/A DC 1.345 A8 1.085 6E 0.795 46 0.595 0C N/A DB 1.34 A7 1.08 6D 0.79 45 0.59 0B N/A DA 1.335 A6 1.075 6C 0.785 44 0.585 0A N/A D9 1.33 A5 1.07 6B 0.78 43 0.58 09 N/A D8 1.325 A4 1.065 6A 0.775 42 0.575 08 N/A D7 1.32 A3 1.06 69 0.77 41 0.57 07 N/A D6 1.315 A2 1.055 68 0.765 40 0.565 06 N/A D5 1.31 A1 1.05 67 0.76 3F 0.56 05 N/A D4 1.305 A0 1.045 66 0.755 3E 0.555 04 N/A D3 1.3 9F 1.04 65 0.75 3D 0.55 03 N/A D2 1.295 9E 1.035 64 0.745 3C 0.545 02 N/A D1 1.29 9D 1.03 63 0.74 3B 0.54 01 N/A D0 1.285 9C 1.025 62 0.735 3A 0.535 00 N/A CF 1.28 9B 1.02 61 0.73 39 0.53 CE 1.275 9A 1.015 60 0.725 38 0.525 CD 1.27 99 1.01 5F 0.72 37 0.52 CC 1.265 98 1.005 5E 0.715 36 0.515 CB 1.26 97 1 5D 0.71 35 0.51 CA 1.255 96 0.995 5C 0.705 34 0.505 C9 1.25 95 0.99 5B 0.7 33 0.5 C8 1.245 94 0.985 5A 0.695 32 0.495 C7 1.24 93 0.98 59 0.69 31 0.49

C6 1.235 92 0.975 58 0.685 30 0.485

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Table 11 Intel 10 mV VID table

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

VID (Hex)

Voltage (V)

FF 3.04 C5 2.46 8B 1.88 51 1.30 17 0.72 FE 3.03 C4 2.45 8A 1.87 50 1.29 16 0.71 FD 3.02 C3 2.44 89 1.86 4F 1.28 15 0.70 FC 3.01 C2 2.43 88 1.85 4E 1.27 14 0.69 FB 3.00 C1 2.42 87 1.84 4D 1.26 13 0.68 FA 2.99 C0 2.41 86 1.83 4C 1.25 12 0.67 F9 2.98 BF 2.40 85 1.82 4B 1.24 11 0.66 F8 2.97 BE 2.39 84 1.81 4A 1.23 10 0.65 F7 2.96 BD 2.38 83 1.80 49 1.22 0F 0.64 F6 2.95 BC 2.37 82 1.79 48 1.21 0E 0.63 F5 2.94 BB 2.36 81 1.78 47 1.20 0D 0.62 F4 2.93 BA 2.35 80 1.77 46 1.19 0C 0.61 F3 2.92 B9 2.34 7F 1.76 45 1.18 0B 0.60 F2 2.91 B8 2.33 7E 1.75 44 1.17 0A 0.59 F1 2.90 B7 2.32 7D 1.74 43 1.16 09 0.58 F0 2.89 B6 2.31 7C 1.73 42 1.15 08 0.57 EF 2.88 B5 2.30 7B 1.72 41 1.14 07 0.56 EE 2.87 B4 2.29 7A 1.71 40 1.13 06 0.55 ED 2.86 B3 2.28 79 1.70 3F 1.12 05 0.54 EC 2.85 B2 2.27 78 1.69 3E 1.11 04 0.53 EB 2.84 B1 2.26 77 1.68 3D 1.10 03 0.52 EA 2.83 B0 2.25 76 1.67 3C 1.09 02 0.51 E9 2.82 AF 2.24 75 1.66 3B 1.08 01 0.50 E8 2.81 AE 2.23 74 1.65 3A 1.07 E7 2.80 AD 2.22 73 1.64 39 1.06 E6 2.79 AC 2.21 72 1.63 38 1.05 E5 2.78 AB 2.20 71 1.62 37 1.04 E4 2.77 AA 2.19 70 1.61 36 1.03 E3 2.76 A9 2.18 6F 1.60 35 1.02 E2 2.75 A8 2.17 6E 1.59 34 1.01 E1 2.74 A7 2.16 6D 1.58 33 1.00 E0 2.73 A6 2.15 6C 1.57 32 0.99 DF 2.72 A5 2.14 6B 1.56 31 0.98 DE 2.71 A4 2.13 6A 1.55 30 0.97 DD 2.70 A3 2.12 69 1.54 2F 0.96 DC 2.69 A2 2.11 68 1.53 2E 0.95 DB 2.68 A1 2.10 67 1.52 2D 0.94 DA 2.67 A0 2.09 66 1.51 2C 0.93 D9 2.66 9F 2.08 65 1.50 2B 0.92 D8 2.65 9E 2.07 64 1.49 2A 0.91 D7 2.64 9D 2.06 63 1.48 29 0.90 D6 2.63 9C 2.05 62 1.47 28 0.89 D5 2.62 9B 2.04 61 1.46 27 0.88 D4 2.61 9A 2.03 60 1.45 26 0.87 D3 2.60 99 2.02 5F 1.44 25 0.86 D2 2.59 98 2.01 5E 1.43 24 0.85 D1 2.58 97 2.00 5D 1.42 23 0.84 D0 2.57 96 1.99 5C 1.41 22 0.83 CF 2.56 95 1.98 5B 1.40 21 0.82 CE 2.55 94 1.97 5A 1.39 20 0.81 CD 2.54 93 1.96 59 1.38 1F 0.80 CC 2.53 92 1.95 58 1.37 1E 0.79 CB 2.52 91 1.94 57 1.36 1D 0.78 CA 2.51 90 1.93 56 1.35 1C 0.77 C9 2.50 8F 1.92 55 1.34 1B 0.76 C8 2.49 8E 1.91 54 1.33 1A 0.75 C7 2.48 8D 1.90 53 1.32 19 0.74 C6 2.47 8C 1.89 52 1.31 18 0.73

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14.5 Bus Voltage UVLO

If the input to the Enable pin is derived from the bus voltage by a suitably programmed resistive divider, it can

be ensured that the device does not turn on until the bus voltage reaches the desired level as shown in Figure

15. Only after the bus voltage reaches or exceeds this level and voltage at the Enable pin exceeds its threshold

(typically 0.6 V) will the device be enabled. Therefore, in addition to being logic input pin to enable the

converter, the Enable feature, with its precise threshold, also allows the user to override the default 8 V under-

voltage lockout for the bus voltage (PVin). This is desirable particularly for high output voltage applications,

where we might want the device to be disabled at least until PVin exceeds the desired output voltage level.

Alternatively, the default 8 V PVin UVLO threshold may be reconfigured/overridden using the VIN_ON and

VIN_OFF PMBus™ commands or the corresponding registers. It should be noted that the input voltage is also

fed to an ADC through a 21:1 internal resistive divider. However, the digitized input voltage is used only for the

purposes of reporting the input voltage through the READ_VIN PMBus™ command. It has no impact on the bus

voltage UVLO, input over-voltage faults and input under-voltage warnings, all of which are implemented by

using analog comparators to compare the input voltage to the corresponding thresholds programmed by the

PMBus™ commands VIN_ON, VIN_OFF, VIN_OV_FAULT_LIMIT and VIN_UV_WARN_LIMIT respectively. The bus

voltage reading as reported by READ_VIN has no effect on the input feedforward function either.

Vcc

PVin

DAC2 (Reference DAC)

EN

> 0.6V0.6V

EN_UVLO_START

10.2V

12V

1 V

Figure 15 Normal Start up, device turns on when the bus voltage reaches 10.2 V. A resistor divider is

used at EN pin from PVin to turn on the device at 10.2 V.

Vcc

PVin=Vin

EN> 0.6V

DAC2 (Reference DAC)

Figure 16 Recommended startup for Normal operation

Figure 16 shows the recommended startup sequence for the normal operation of the device, when Enable is

used as logic input.

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14.6 Pre-Bias startup

The IR38164 is able to start up into pre-charged output, without oscillations or other disturbance of the output

voltage.

The output starts in asynchronous fashion and keeps the synchronous MOSFET (sync FET) off until the first gate

signal for the control MOSFET (ctrl FET) is generated. Figure 17 shows a typical pre-bias condition at start up.

Vo[V]

[Time]

Pre-Bias

Voltage

Figure 17 Pre-Bias startup

The sync FET always starts with a narrow pulse width (12.5% of a switching period) and gradually increases its

duty cycle with a step of 12.5% until it reaches the steady state value. There are 16 pulses in each step. This

value is internally programmed. Figure 18 shows the series of 16x8 startup pulses.

... ... ...HDRv

... ... ...

16 End of PB

LDRv

12.5% 25% 87.5%

16 ...

...

...

...

Figure 18 Pre-bias startup pulses

14.7 Soft-Start Reference DAC ramp

This device has an internal soft starting DAC to control the output voltage rise and to limit the current surge at

the start-up. To ensure correct start-up, the DAC sequence initiates only after power conversion is enabled

when the Enable pin voltage exceeds its under-voltage threshold, the PVin bus voltage exceeds its under-

voltage threshold and the contents of the MTP have been fully loaded into the working registers. Figure 19

shows the waveforms during soft start. It should be noted that the part may also be configured to require

software Enable (set through the PMBus™ or the corresponding MTP register) instead of or in addition to a

hardware signal at the Enable pin. In PMBus™ mode, the reference DAC soft-start may be delayed from the

time power conversion is enabled. The range for this programmable delay is 0 ms to 127 ms, and the resolution

is 1 ms. Further, in this mode, the soft start time may be configured from 1 ms to 127 ms with 1 ms resolution.

In SVID mode, the rise time is determined by the slow slew rate specified by Intel, and may be programmed to

one of four values: 0.625 mV/µs, 1.25 mV/µs, 2.5 mV/µs and 5 mV/µs. In this mode, the device uses 2.5 mV/µs by

default. It should be noted, however, that if Vboot is 0, the output voltage does not ramp until the CPU issues a

voltage setting command at either the fast slew rate or slow slew rate specified by the CPU.

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For more details on the PMBus™ commands TON_DELAY and TON_RISE used to program the startup sequence, please see the UN0075 IR3816x PMBus™ commandset user note.

Reference DAC

Vout

t1

Internal Enable

t3t2Ton_delay Ton_rise

Figure 19 DAC2 (VREF) Soft start

During the startup sequence the over-current protection (OCP) and over-voltage protection (OVP) are active to

protect the device against any short circuit or over voltage conditions.

14.8 Operating frequency Using the FREQUENCY_SWITCH PMBus™ command, or the corresponding registers, the switching frequency

may be programmed between 500 kHz and 1.5 MHz. For best telemetry accuracy, it is recommended that the

following switching frequencies be avoided: 500 kHz, 600 kHz, 750 kHz, 800 kHz, 1 MHz, 1.2 MHz and 1.5 MHz.

Instead the following values are recommended, 505 kHz, 607 kHz, 762 kHz, 813 kHz, 978 kHz, 1171 kHz and 1454

kHz respectively.

14.9 Shutdown

In the default configuration, the device can be shutdown by pulling the Enable pin below its 0.4 V threshold.

During shutdown the high side and the low side drivers are turned off. By default, the device exhibits an

immediate shutdown with no delay and no soft stop.

Alternatively, the part may be configured to allow shutdown using the OPERATION PMBus™ command or the

corresponding register. It may also be configured to allow a soft or controlled turned off. In PMBus™ mode, if

the soft-off option is used, the turn off may be delayed from the time the power conversion is disabled. The

range for this programmable delay is 0 ms to 127 ms, and the resolution is 1 ms. Further, in this mode, the soft

stop time may be configured from 1ms to 127 ms with 1 ms resolution. The programmable turn off delay only

applies in PMBus™ mode.

If VCC voltage supply is used to shutdown the system, a continuous ramp from 5V to 0V should be utilized.

Shutdown via the Enable pin is the recommended shutdown method.

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14.10 Current Sensing, Telemetry and Over-Current Protection

Current sensing for both telemetry as well as over-current protection is done by sensing the voltage across the

sync FET RDS(ON). This method enhances the converter’s efficiency, reduces cost by eliminating a current sense resistor and any minimizes sensitivity to layout related noise issues. A novel, patented scheme allows

reconstruction of the average inductor current from the voltage sensed across the Sync FET RDS(ON). It should

be noted here that it is this reconstructed average inductor current that is digitized by the ADC and used for

output current reporting as well as for over-current warning, the threshold for which may be set using the

IOUT_OC_WARN_LIMIT command. The current is reported in 1/16 A resolution using the READ_IOUT PMBus™

command. The current information may also be read back using I2C, through the 8-bit register

output_current_byte, which reports the current in 1/4 A resolution.

The Over current (OC) fault protection circuit also uses the voltage sensed across the RDS(ON) of the

Synchronous MOSFET; however, the protection mechanism relies on a fast comparator to compare the sensed

signal to the over-current threshold and does not depend on the ADC or reported current. The current limit

scheme uses an internal temperature compensated current source that has the same temperature coefficient

as the RDS(ON) of the Synchronous MOSFET. As a result, the over-current trip threshold remains almost constant

over temperature.

Over Current Protection circuitry senses the inductor current flowing through the Synchronous FET closer to

the valley point. The OCP circuit samples this current for 75 ns typically after the rising edge of the PWM set

pulse which is an internal signal that has a width of 12.5% of the switching period. The PWM pulse that turns on

the high side FET starts at the falling edge of the PWM set pulse. This makes valley current sense more robust as

current is sensed close to the bottom of the inductor downward slope where transient and switching noise is

low. This helps to prevent false tripping due to noise and transients.

The actual DC output current limit point will be greater than the valley point by an amount equal to

approximately half of the peak to peak inductor ripple current. The current limit point will be a function of the

inductor value, input voltage, output voltage and the frequency of operation. On equation 1, ILimit is the value

set when configuring the 38164 OCP value. The user should account for the inductor ripple to obtain the actual

DC output current limit.

2

iII LIMITOCP

(1)

IOCP = DC current limit hiccup point

ILIMIT = Current Limit Valley Point

Δi = Inductor ripple current

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HDrv

LDrv

PGood

0

IL

0

Over Current Limit

0

...

...

0

Hiccup Blanking Time

Figure 20 Timing diagram for current limit hiccup

In the default configuration, if the over-current detection trips the OCP comparator for a total of 8 cycles, the

device goes into a hiccup mode. The hiccup is performed by de-asserting the internal Enable signal to the

analog and power conversion circuitry and holding it low for 20 ms.

Following this, the OCP signal resets and the converter recovers. After every hiccup cycle, the converter stays in

this mode until the overload or short circuit is removed. This behavior is shown in Figure 20.

Note that the user can override the default over-current threshold using the PMBus™ command

IOUT_OC_FAULT_LIMIT. This command can be used to program the over-current threshold from a minimum

recommended 16 A setting to a maximum of 56 A, in 4 A steps. While the IR38164 will still offer over-current

protection below 16 A and at magnitudes that are not multiples of 4, these thresholds will not be as accurate.

Therefore it’s recommended to keep the current limit setting from 16A to 56A with 4A increments. Systems with

a high inductor current ripple will affect the accuracy, refer to (1).

Also, using the PMBus™ command IOUT_OC_FAULT_RESPONSE or the corresponding registers, the part may be

configured to respond to an over-current fault in one of two ways:

1) Pulse by pulse current limiting for a programmed number of eight switching cycles followed by a

latched shutdown.

2) Pulse by pulse current limiting for a programmed number of eight switching cycles followed by hiccup.

The pulse-by-pulse or constant current limiting mechanism is briefly explained below.

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Figure 21 Pulse by pulse current limiting for 8 cycles, followed by hiccup

In Figure 21 above, with the over-current response set to pulse-by-pulse current limiting for 8 cycles followed

by hiccup, the converter is operating at D<0.125 when the overcurrent condition occurs. In such a case, no duty

cycle limiting is applied.

0

IL

0

HDrv

Fs

IOUT_OC_ FAULT_ LIMIT

0

0

CLK

LDrv

Internal Enable

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...11

Figure 22 Constant current limiting

Figure 22 depicts a case where the over-current condition happens when the converter is operating at D>0.5

and the over-current response has been set to constant current operation through pulse by pulse current

limiting. In such a case, after 3 consecutive over-current cycles are recognized, the pulse width is dropped such

that D=0.5 and then after 3 more consecutive OCP cycles, to 0.25 and then finally to 0.125 at which it keeps

running until the total OCP count reaches the programmed maximum following which the part enters hiccup

mode. Conversely, when the over-current condition disappears, the pulse width is restored to its nominal value

gradually, by a similar mechanism in reverse; every sequence of 4 consecutive cycles in which the current is

below the over-current threshold doubles the duty cycle, so that D goes from 0.125 to 0.25, then to 0.5 and

finally to its nominal value.

0

IL

0

HDrv

Fs

IOUT_OC_FAULT_LIMIT

0

0

CLK

LDrv

20 ms

Internal Enable

OCP High

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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14.11 Current reporting limitation at high operating temperature

The IR38164 is designed to give the industry’s highest accuracy output current reporting across a range of to 30 Amps. To achieve the goal of highest possible accuracy particularly at Iout up to 30Amps, a high gain was

used in the Rds_on current sensing circuit. As the operating temperature increases the Rds_on of the low side

MOSFET increases and at the rated current of 30A with junction temperatures around 90 °C, the ADC saturates

and no longer reads higher values of the MOSFET RDS_on. The result is that at a high operating junction

temperature condition the maximum PMBus™ and SVID current reporting is clamped as shown in Figure 23

below.

Figure 23 Maximum Iout reported versus IR38164 reported die temperature

Note that Infineon does not recommend operating the part with a reading of the ADC being clamped, because

other readings of the ADC can be compromised. If higher Iout readings are needed, the IR38163 with a lower

gain in the Rds_on detection circuit is recommended to be used. Lastly, please note that the current limit

ability of the IR38164 is not affected by the ADC clamping. The IR38164 current limit function is performed by

an analog circuit and does not use the ADC. The OCP warn function (PMBUS setting) is however based on the

ADC output and will not function properly at a high temperature if the threshold is set higher than the

maximum current reported shown above.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

PM

BU

S_

rep

ort

ed

Io

ut,

A

IC die Temp , PMBUS reported ,C

Maximum Iout reported verses IR38164 internal temperature

Typical (based on measured data)

Calculated worst case

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14.12 Die temperature sensing, telemetry and thermal shutdown

On die temperature sensing is used for accurate temperature reporting and over-temperature detection. The

READ_TEMEPRATURE PMBus™ command reports this temperature in 10 ⁰C resolution. The temperature may

also be read back using I2C through the 8-bit register temp_byte, which reports the die temperature in 1 °C

resolution, offset by 40 °C. Thus, the temperature is given by temp_byte +40 °C.

The trip threshold is set by default to 125 °C. The default over temperature response of the device is to inhibit

power conversion while the fault is present, followed by automatic restart after the fault condition is cleared.

Hence, in the default configuration, when the trip threshold is exceeded, the internal Enable signal to the

power conversion circuitry is de-asserted, turning off both MOSFETs.

Automatic restart is initiated when the sensed temperature drops within the operating range. There is a 25 °C

hysteresis in the thermal shutdown threshold.

The default over-temperature threshold as well as over-temperature response may be re-configured or

overridden using the OT_FAULT_LIMIT and OT_FAULT_RESPONSE PMBus™ commands respectively or the

corresponding registers may be used. The devices support three types of responses to an over-temperature

fault:

1) Ignore

2) Inhibit when the over-temperature condition exists and auto-restart when the over-temperature

condition disappears

3) Latched shutdown.

14.13 Remote voltage sensing

True differential remote sensing in the feedback loop is critical to high current applications where the output

voltage across the load may differ from the output voltage measured locally across an output capacitor at the

output inductor, and to applications that require die voltage sensing.

The RS+ and RS- pins form the inputs to a remote sense differential amplifier with high speed, low input offset

and low input bias current, which ensure accurate voltage sensing and fast transient response in such

applications.

The input range for the differential amplifier is limited to 1.5 V below the VCC rail. Therefore, for applications in

which the output voltage is more than 2.55 V, it is recommended to use local sensing, or if remote sensing is a

must, then the voltage between the RS+ and RS-pins must be divided down to less than 2.55 V using a resistive

voltage divider. It’s recommended that the divider be placed at the input of the remote sense amplifier and that

a low impedance such as 499 Ω be used between the RS+ and RS- nodes. A typical schematic for this setup is

shown on Figure 8 Please note, however, that this modifies the open loop transfer function and requires a

change in the compensation network to optimally stabilize the loop.

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14.14 Feed-forward

Feed-Forward (F.F.) is an important feature, because it can keep the converter stable and preserve its load

transient performance when PVin varies over a wide range. The PWM ramp amplitude (Vramp) is

proportionally changed with PVin to maintain PVin/Vramp almost constant throughout PVin variation range (as

shown in Figure 24). Thus, the control loop bandwidth and phase margin can be maintained constant. The

feed-forward function can also minimize impact on output voltage from fast PVin changes. The feedforward is

disabled for PVin<4.7 V. Hence, for PVin<4.7 V, a re-calculation of control loop parameters is needed for re-

compensation.

0

0

PVin

PWM Ramp

12V

Ramp Offset

21V

5V

12V

Figure 24 Timing diagram for feed-forward (F.F.) function

14.15 Output voltage sensing, telemetry and faults

For this family of devices, the voltage sense and regulation circuits are decoupled, enabling ease of testing as

well as redundancy. In order to do this, the device uses the sense voltage at the dedicated Vsns pin for output

voltage reporting (in 1/256 V resolution, using the READ_VOUT PMBus™ command) as well as for power good

detection and output over-voltage protection.

Power good detection and output over-voltage detection rely on fast analog comparator circuits, whereas over-

voltage warnings as well as under-voltage faults and warnings rely on comparing the digitized Vsns to the

corresponding thresholds programmed using PMBus™ commands VOUT_OV_WARN_LIMIT,

VOUT_UV_FAULT_LIMIT and VOUT_UV_WARN_LIMIT respectively or the corresponding.

14.16 Power Good Output The Vsns voltage is an input to the window comparator with programmable thresholds. The PGood signal is

high whenever Vsns voltage is within the PGood comparator window thresholds. The PGood pin is open drain

and it needs to be externally pulled high. High state indicates that output is in regulation. The Power Good

thresholds may be changed through the POWER_GOOD_ON and POWER_GOOD_OFF commands, which set the

rising and falling PGood thresholds respectively. The thresholds may also be programmed using the

corresponding MTP registers. However, when no resistive divider is used, such as for output voltages lower

than 2.555 V, the Power Good thresholds must be programmed to within 630 mV of the output voltage,

otherwise, the effective power good threshold changes from an absolute threshold to one that tracks the

output voltage with a 630 mV offset. By default, the PGood signal will assert as soon as the Vsns signal enters

the regulation window. In digital mode, this delay is programmable from 0 to 10 ms with a 1 ms resolution,

using the MFR_TPGDLY command.

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The threshold is set differently in SVID mode. In this mode, the thresholds set by the POWER_GOOD_ON and

POWER_GOOD_OFF commands (or the corresponding registers) are ignored. Power Good is asserted when the

output voltage is within the tolerance band of the boot voltage. Following this, the Power Good signal remains

asserted irrespective of any output voltage transitions and is de-asserted only in the event of a fault that shuts

down power conversion, or, if so programmed, in the event of a command by the CPU to change the output

voltage to 0 V.

0

0

0

Fault DAC

PGD

Vsns

Power Good upper threshold

Power Good lower threshold

160us

0

Reference DAC

Figure 25 Power good in PMBus™ mode

0

0

0

Fault DAC

PGD

Vsns

Vboot+/-TOB0

Reference DAC

Figure 26 Power Good in SVID mode, Vboot>0 V

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14.17 Over-Voltage Protection OVP

Over-voltage protection is achieved by comparing sense pin voltage Vsns to a configurable over-voltage

threshold.

The OVP threshold may be reprogrammed to within 655 mV of the output voltage (for output voltages lower

than 2.555 V, without any resistive divider on the Fb pin), using the VOUT_OV_FAULT_LIMIT PMBus™ command

or the corresponding registers. For an OVP threshold programmed to be more than 655 mV greater than the

output voltage, the effective OV threshold ceases to be an absolute value and instead tracks the output voltage

with a 655 mV offset.

When Vsns exceeds the over-voltage threshold, an over-voltage trip signal asserts after 200 ns (typ.) delay. The

default response is that the high side drive signal HDrv is latched off immediately and PGood flags are set low.

The low side drive signal is kept on until the Vsns voltage drops below the threshold. HDrv remains latched off

until a reset is performed by cycling either Vcc or Enable or the OPERATION command. The device allows the

user to reconfigure this response by the use of the VOUT_OV_FAULT_RESPONSE PMBus™ command. In addition

to the default response described above, this command can be used to configure the device such that Vout

over-voltage faults are ignored and the converter remains enabled. (However, they will still be flagged in the

STATUS_REGISTERS and by SAlert). For further details on the corresponding PMBus™ commands related to

OVP, please refer to the UN0075 IR3816x PMBus™ commandset user note.

Vsns voltage is set by an external resistive voltage divider connected to the output. This divider ratio must

match the divider used on the feedback pin or on the RS+ pin.

It should be noted that the over-voltage threshold applies in PMBus™ mode as well as SVID mode.

Figure 27 Timing diagram for OVP in non-tracking mode

HDrv

0

0

0

LDrv

VoutDAC1+OV_OFFSET_DAC

Comp0

0

PGood

DAC1

200 ns

hysteresis

200 ns

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14.18 Minimum On-Time Considerations

The minimum ON time is the shortest amount of time for the Control FET to be reliably turned on. This is a very

critical parameter for low duty cycle, high frequency applications. In the conventional approach, when the error

amplifier output is near the bottom of the ramp waveform with which it is compared to generate the PWM

output, propagation delays can be high enough to cause pulse skipping, and hence limit the minimum pulse

width that can be realized. Moreover, in the conventional approach, the bottom of the ramp often presents a

high gain region to the error amplifier output, making the modulator more susceptible to noise and requiring

the use of lower control loop bandwidth to prevent noise, jitter and pulse skipping.

Infineon has developed a proprietary scheme to improve and enhance the minimum pulse width which

minimizes these delays and hence, allows stable operation with small pulse-widths. At the same time, this

scheme also has greater noise immunity, thus allowing stable, jitter free operation down to very low pulse

widths even with a high control loop bandwidth, thus reducing the required output capacitance.

Any design or application using this IC must ensure operation with a pulse width that is higher than the

minimum on-time and at least 70 ns of on-time is recommended in the application. This is necessary for the

circuit to operate without jitter and pulse-skipping, which can cause high inductor current ripple and high

output voltage ripple.

sin

out

son FPV

V

F

Dt

(2)

In any application that uses this IC, the following condition must be satisfied:

(min) onon tt (3)

sin

outon FPV

Vt

(min) (4)

(min)on

outsin t

VFPV (5)

The minimum output voltage is limited by the reference voltage and hence Vout(min) = 0.5 V. Therefore, for

Vout(min) = 0.5 V,

(min)on

outsin t

VFPV (6)

Therefore, at the maximum recommended input voltage of 16V with the minmum recommended frequency of

500 kHz the minimum output voltage should be => 0.56 V. Conversely for operation at a high frequency of 1 MHz

and minimum output voltage (0.5 V), the input voltage (PVin) should not exceed 7.1 V, otherwise pulse skipping

may happen. Pulse skipping is not an issue except that the ripple maybe slighty higher in this operating mode.

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14.19 Maximum Duty Ratio

An upper limit on the operating duty ratio is imposed by the larger of a) fixed off time (dominant at high

switching frequencies) b) blanking provided by the PWMSet or clock pulse, which has a pulse width that is 1/8

of the switching period. The latter mechanism is dominant at lower switching frequencies (typically below 1.25

MHz). This upper limit ensures that the Sync FET turns on for a long enough duration to allow recharging the

bootstrap capacitor and also allows current sensing. Figure 28 shows a plot of the maximum duty ratio vs. the

switching frequency with built in input voltage feed-forward mechanism.

Figure 28 Maximum duty cycle vs. switching frequency with Vin feedforward

14.20 Bootstrap Capacitor

To drive the Control FET, it is necessary to supply a gate voltage at least 4 V greater than the voltage at the SW

pin, which is connected to the source of the Control FET. This is achieved by using a bootstrap configuration,

which comprises the internal bootstrap diode and an external bootstrap capacitor (C1) as shown in Figure 29.

Typically a 0.1 µF capacitor is used. A layout placement for a 0 ohm resistor in series with the capacitor is also

recommended. For applications where PVin>14 V, a 1 ohm resistor is required. The operation of the circuit is as

follows: When the sync FET is turned on, the capacitor node connected to SW is pulled down to ground. The

capacitor charges towards Vcc through the internal bootstrap diode which has a forward voltage drop VD. The

voltage Vc across the bootstrap capacitor C1 is approximately given as:

Dccc VVV (7)

When the Control FET turns on in the next cycle, the capacitor node connected to SW rises to the bus voltage

PVin. However, if the value of C1 is appropriately chosen, the voltage Vc across C1 remains approximately

unchanged and the voltage at the Boot pin becomes:

Boot in cc DV PV V V (8)

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L

VcC1

PVIN

Vcc

SW

+

-

Boot

PGnd

+ VD -

IR38164

Cvin

Figure 29 Bootstrap circuit to generate high side drive voltage

14.21 Intel SVID interface

The IR38164 implements a fully compliant Intel® VR 13, and VR 12.5 Serial VID (SVID) interface. This is a three-

wire interface between an Intel processor and a VR that consists of clock, data and alert# signals.

The IR38164 implements all the required SVID registers and commands per Intel specifications. For the selected

Intel mode, the IC also implements most of the optional commands and registers with very few exceptions.

The default SVID addresses of the devices is 02h. This address can be re-programmed in MTP or via GUI.

14.22 All Call support

All Call for the IR38164 can be configured in the following ways:

0E and 0F.

0E only.

0F only.

No All Call

The devices can be configured to be used as VR for CPU which is All Call 0F or Memory which is All Call 0E.

14.23 VR . operation

VR 12.5 mode is selectable via MTP bit. The boot voltage in VR 12.5 is also selectable and can be taken from the

boot registers. The resolution is programmable via MTP bit to 10 mV to be compatible to VR12.5 mode.

14.24 VR operation

VR 13 mode is selectable via MTP bit. The boot voltage in VR13 mode is configured in the boot register. The

resolution is programmable via MTP bit to 5 mV or 10 mV, to be compatible to VR13 mode.

14.25 Set Work Point

This family of devices supports SVID Set WP command to Set VID voltage for all rails through all call address.

When the processor asserts a Set WP command, all the rails of the VR settle to the corresponding new set

voltage encoded in WP registers. Slew rate and power state of all the rails are identical during a set work point

operation.

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14.26 Dynamic VID slew rate

The device provides the VR designer 16 fast slew rates that govern the rate of VID transitions. The slow slew rate

is also programmable as a function of the fast slew rate, and 4 different options are available for each setting

of the fast slew rate as shown below in Table 12.

Table 12 Slew Rates

Fast Rate mV/us

x 1/2 Factor

x 1/4 Factor

x 1/8 Factor x 1/16 Factor

10 5.0 2.50 1.25 0.0625

15 7.5 3.75 1.875 0.94

20 10 5.00 2.50 1.25

25 12.5 6.25 3.125 1.56

30 15 7.5 3.75 1.88

35 17.5 8.75 4.375 2.19

40 20 10 5.0 2.5

45 22.5 11.25 5.625 2.81

50 25 12.5 6.25 3.125

55 27.5 13.75 6.875 3.4375

60 30 15 7.5 3.75

65 32.5 16.25 8.125 4.0625

70 35 17.5 8.75 4.375

80 40 20 10 5

14.27 Loop compensation

Feedback loop compensation is achieved using standard Type III techniques and the compensation values can

be easily calculated using Infineon’s design tool. The design tool can also be used to predict the control bandwidth and phase margin for the loop for any set of user defined compensation component values. For a

theoretical understanding of the calculations used, please refer to Infineon’s Application Note AN-1162

Compensator Design Procedure for Buck Converter with Voltage-Mode Error-Amplifier .

14.28 Dynamic VID compensation

This family of devices uses an analog control scheme with voltage mode control. In this scheme, the

compensator acts on the Vout signal and not just on the error signal. For load and line transients, with a steady

and unchanging reference voltage, this has the same dynamic characteristics as for a compensator that acts on

only the error signal. However, for reference voltage changes, as in the case of Dynamic VID, the dynamics are

altered. A proprietary dynamic VID compensation scheme allows the dynamic VID response to be tuned

optimally to the feedback compensator values. Once properly optimized, the output voltage will follow the DAC

more closely during a positive dynamic VID, and provide better dynamic VID alert timing, as required by Intel®

processors. Infineon’s SupIRBuck design tool will allow the user to quickly and conveniently calculate the

dynamic VID compensation parameters for optimal dynamic VID response.

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15 I C and PMBus™ communication protocols

15.1 I C Protocols

All registers may be accessed using either I2C or PMBus™ protocols. I2C allows the use of a simple format whereas PMBus™ provides error checking capability. Figure 30 shows the I2C format employed by IC.

A AS Slave

Address

W

RegisterAddress

Data Byte

1 7 1 8

S

1

7

W

1

A P

8 1 1 1 1

8

WRITE

READ

1

S

1

7

R

1

8

N P

1

1

S: Start Condition

A: Acknowledge (0')

N: Not Acknowledge (1')

Sr: Repeated Start Condition

P: Stop Condition

R: Read (1')

W: Write (0')

PEC: Packet Error Checking

*: Present if PEC is enabled

: Master to Slave

: Slave to Master

AARegisterAddress

ASlaveAddress

SlaveAddress

Data Byte

Figure 30 I2C format

15.2 SMBus/PMBus™ protocols

To access IR’s configuration and monitoring registers, different protocols are required:

the SMBus Read/Write Byte/Word protocol with/without PEC (for status and monitoring)

the SMBus Send Byte protocol with/without PEC (for CLEAR_FAULTS only)

the SMBus Block Read protocol for accessing Model and Revision information

the SMBus Process call (for accessing Configuration Registers)

In addition, IC supports:

Alert Response Address (ARA)

Bus timeout

Group Command for writing to many VRs within one command

These various commands are illustrated in Figure 31 through Figure 37 below.

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SSlave

Address W Command

Code Data Byte

1 7 1 8

S

1 Slave

Address

7

W

1

A

A

A A P

8 1 1 1 1

Command Code

Data Byte High

8

A

8

1 Data Byte

Low A

8 1

PEC*

8 1

A*

A P

1 1

PEC*

8 1

A*

BYTE

WORD …

S: Start Condition

A: Acknowledge (0')

N: Not Acknowledge (1')

Sr: Repeated Start Condition

P: Stop Condition

R: Read (1')

W: Write (0')

PEC: Packet Error Checking

*: Present if PEC is enabled

: Master to Slave

: Slave to Master

Figure 31 SMBus write byte/word

P Sr

7

R

8

Data Byte S Slave

Address W

CommandCode

1 7 1 8

A N A A

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

P N

Data ByteLow

1 1 Data Byte

High

8

Sr

7

R S

W

1 7 1 8

A A A

1 1 1 1 1 8

PEC*

8

A*

1

1

PEC*

8

A*

1

BYTE

WORD

SlaveAddress

SlaveAddress

CommandCode

SlaveAddress A

Figure 32 SMbus read byte/word

P PEC*

8

SSlave

Address

W Command

Code

1 7 1 8

A A* A

1 1 1 1

Figure 33 SMBus send byte

A

1

S Slave

Address

WCommand

Code

1 7 1 8

A A

1 1

Byte Count =1

Data Byte

8

Sr

R

1 7 1

A

1 8

P N

1 1

A*

1

PEC*

8 Slave

Address

Figure 34 SMBus block read with byte count = 1

Figure 35 MFR specific command to write an internal register

S PMBusAddress W Command

D1hRegisterAddress

Data ByteA A A A PPEC* A

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Figure 36 SMBus custom protocol call to read an internal register

A

1

AHigh

Data ByteAAAW

ALow

Data Byte AAW

A A A A

8 8

S

W

1 7 1 8

1 1 1 1

……

8

PEC1*

1

High

Data Byte

1 or more bytes

8 8

Sr CommandCode 2

1 7 1 8

1 1 1 1

A ……

8

PEC2*

1

A*

1 or more bytes

8 8

Sr

1 7 1 8

1 1 1 1

8

PECn*

1 or more bytes

P

1

A*Low

Data ByteSlave

Address 1

SlaveAddress 2

CommandCode 1

HighData Byte

SlaveAddress n

CommandCode n

LowData Byte

Figure 37 Group command

S PMBusAddress W Command

D0hRegisterAddress

PSr PMBusAddress R A

A A A

Data Byte A PEC* NAddress+1Data Byte A*

...

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15.3 Supported PMBus™ commands

Table 13

Command

Code Command Name

SMBus

transaction No. of

bytes Range

Resolutio

n Default

Value Description

01h OPERATION R/W Byte 1 Enables or disables the device and controls margining 02h ON_OFF_CONFIG R/W Byte 1 Configures the combination of Enable pin input and

serial bus commands needed to turn the unit on and off. 03h CLEAR_FAULTS Send Byte 0 Clear contents of Fault registers

10h WRITE_PROTECT R/W Byte 1 Used to control writing to the PMBus™ device. The

intent of this command is to provide protection against

accidental changes. 15h STORE_USER_ALL Send Byte 0 Burns the User section registers into OTP memory

16h RESTORE_USER_A

LL Send Byte 0 Copies the OTP registers into User memory

19h CAPABILITY Read Byte 1 Returns 1011xxxx to indicate Packet Error Checking is

supported, maximum bus speed is 400 kHz and

SMBAlert# is supported. 1Bh SMBALERT_MASK Write

word/Block

read

Process call

2 May be used to prevent a warning or fault condition

from asserting the SMBALERT# signal.

21h VOUT_COMMAND16 R/W Word 2 0-

2.555V/

VS

5mV/VS 1V Causes the device to set its output voltage to the

commanded value. VS= VOUT_SCALE_LOOP

22h VOUT_TRIM16 R/W Word 2 -128-

+128V 0V Available to the device user to trim the output voltage

24h VOUT_MAX16 R/W Word 2 2V Sets an upper limit on the output voltage the unit can

command regardless of any other commands or

combinations. 25h VOUT_MARGIN_HI

GH16 R/W Word 2 0-

2.555V/

VS

5mV/VS

Sets the MARGIN high voltage when commanded by

OPERATION VS= VOUT_SCALE_LOOP

26h VOUT_MARGIN_LO

W16 R/W Word 2 0-

2.555V/

VS

5mV/VS

Sets the MARGIN low voltage when commanded by

OPERATION VL= VOUT_SCALE_LOOP

27h VOUT_TRANSITION

_RATE11 R/W Word 2 0-

63.9mV/

us

0.0625mV/

us 0.0625mV/us Sets the rate in mV/μs at which the output should

change voltage. Exponent 0 to -4 allowed.

29h VOUT_SCALE_LOO

P11 R/W Word 2 0.125-1 1 Compensates for external resistor divider in feedback

path and in the sense path. Values 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125

allowed. Exponent -3 allowed. 33h FREQUENCY_SWIT

CH11 R/W Word 2 504-

1500kHz 978kHz Sets the switching frequency, in kHz. Exponent 0 to 1

allowed. 35h VIN_ON11 R/W Word 2 0-16.5V 0.5V 8.0V Sets the value of the input voltage, in volts, at which the

unit should start power conversion. Exponent -1

allowed. 36h VIN_OFF11 R/W Word 2 0-16V 0.5V 7.0V Sets the value of the input voltage, in volts, at which the

unit, once operation has started, should stop power

conversion. Exponent -1 allowed. 39h IOUT_CAL_OFFSET

11 R/W Word 2 -128A-

+127.5A 0.25A 0A Used to null out any offsets in the output current

sensing circuit. Exponent -2 allowed. 40h VOUT_OV_FAULT_

LIMIT16 R/W Word 2 (25-

655mV)/

VS

10mV/VS 2.102V Sets the value of the output voltage measured at the

sense pin that causes an output over-voltage fault. VS= VOUT_SCALE_LOOP

41h VOUT_OV_FAULT_

RESPONSE R/W Byte 1 Ignore/S

hutdow

n

Shutdown Instructs the device on what action to take in response

to an output over-voltage fault. Ignore =0x00h,

Shutdown = 0x80h. 42h VOUT_OV_WARN_L

IMIT16 R/W Word 2 3.9mV 1.902V Sets the value of the output voltage at the

sense pin that causes an output voltage high warning. 43h VOUT_UV_WARN_L

IMIT16 R/W Word 2 3.9mV 0.902V Sets the value of the output voltage at the

sense pin that causes an output voltage low warning.

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Command

Code Command Name

SMBus

transaction No. of

bytes Range

Resolutio

n Default

Value Description

44h VOUT_UV_FAULT_

LIMIT16 R/W Word 2 3.9mV 0.898V Sets the value of the output voltage at the

sense pin that causes an output under-voltage fault. 45h VOUT_UV_FAULT_

RESPONSE R/W Byte 1 Ignore/S

hutdow

n

Ignore Instructs the device on what action to take in response to an output under-voltage fault.

46h IOUT_OC_FAULT_L

IMIT11 R/W Word 2 3-40A 0.5A 40A Sets the value of ILimit (valley), allowing user to set the

output current in amperes, that causes the over-

current detector to indicate an over-current fault.

Exponent -1 allowed. 47h IOUT_OC_FAULT_

RESPONSE R/W Byte 1 Pulse by

pulse for 8

cycles

followed by

hiccup, retry

after 20 ms

Instructs the device on what action to take in response to an output over-current fault.

4Ah IOUT_OC_WARN_L

IMIT11 R/W Word 2 0-63.5A 0.5A 35A Sets the value of the output current, in

amperes, that causes the over-current detector to

indicate an over-current warning. Exponent -1 allowed. 4Fh OT_FAULT_LIMIT11 R/W Word 2 0-150°C 1°C 125°C Set the temperature, in degrees Celsius, of the unit at

which it should indicate an over-temperature fault.

Exponent 0 allowed. 50h OT_FAULT_RESPO

NSE R/W Byte 1 Ignore/S

hutdow

n/ Auto-

start

Auto-start Instructs the device on what action to take in response

to an over-temperature fault.

51h OT_WARN_LIMIT11 R/W Word 2 0-150°C 1°C 100°C Set the temperature, in degrees Celsius, of the unit at

which it should indicate an over-temperature warning

alarm. Exponent 0 allowed. 55h VIN_OV_FAULT_LI

MIT11 R/W Word 2 6.25V-

24V 0.25V 15V Sets the value of the input voltage that causes an input

over-voltage fault. Exponent -2 allowed. 56h VIN_OV_FAULT_RE

SPONSE R/W Byte 1 Ignore/S

hutdow

n

Ignore Instructs the device on what action to take in response to an input over-voltage fault.

58h VIN_UV_WARN_LIM

IT11 R/W Word 2 0-16V 0.5V 7.5V Sets the value of the input voltage PVin, in volts,

that causes an input over-voltage fault. Exponent -1

allowed. 5Eh POWER_GOOD_ON

16 R/W Word 2 (0-

0.63V)/V

S

10mV/VS 0.5V Sets the output voltage at which an optional

POWER_GOOD signal should be asserted. VS=VOUT_SCALE_LOOP

5Fh POWER_GOOD_OF

F16 R/W Word 2 (0-

0.63V)/V

S

10mV/VS 0.25V Sets the output voltage at which an optional

POWER_GOOD signal should be negated. VS=VOUT_SCALE_LOOP

60h TON_DELAY11 R/W Word 2 0-127ms 1ms 0ms Sets the time, in milliseconds, from when a start

condition is received (as programmed by the

ON_OFF_CONFIG command) until the output voltage

starts to rise. Exponent 0 allowed. 61h TON_RISE11 R/W Word 2 0-127ms 1ms 1ms Sets the time, in milliseconds, from when the output

starts to rise until the voltage has entered the

regulation band. Exponent 0 allowed. 62h TON_MAX_FAULT_

LIMIT11 R/W Word 2 0-127ms 1ms 0 (Disabled) Sets an upper limit, in milliseconds, on how long the

unit can attempt to power up the output without

reaching the output under-voltage fault limit. Exponent

0 allowed. 63h TON_MAX_FAULT_

RESPONSE R/W Byte 1 Ignore/S

hutdow

n

Ignore Instructs the device on what action to take in response to a TON_MAX fault.

64h TOFF_DELAY R/W Word 2 0-127ms 1ms 0ms Sets the time, in milliseconds, from a stop condition is

received (as programmed by the ON_OFF_CONFIG

command) until the unit stops transferring energy to

the output. Exponent 0 allowed. 65h TOFF_FALL R/W Word 2 0-127ms 1ms 1ms Sets the time, in milliseconds, in which the reference

voltage ramps down to zero (If a soft off is allowed by

the configuration of the ON_OFF_CONFIG command).

Exponent 0 allowed. 78h STATUS BYTE Read Byte 1 Returns 1 byte where the bit meanings are:

Bit <7> device busy fault

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Command

Code Command Name

SMBus

transaction No. of

bytes Range

Resolutio

n Default

Value Description

Bit <6> output off (due to fault or enable)

Bit <5> Output over-voltage fault

Bit <4> Output over-current fault

Bit <3> Input under-voltage fault

Bit <2> Temperature fault

Bit <1> Communication/Memory/Logic fault

Bit <0>: None of the above

79h STATUS WORD Read Word 2 Returns 2 bytes where the Low byte is the same as the

STATUS_BYTE data. The High byte has bit meanings are:

Bit <7> Output high or low fault

Bit <6> Output over-current fault

Bit <5> Input under-voltage fault

Bit <4> Reserved; hardcoded to 0

Bit <3> Output power not good

Bit <2:0> Hardcoded to 0

7Ah STATUS_VOUT Read Byte 1 Reports types of VOUT related faults.

7Bh STATUS_IOUT Read Byte 1 Reports types of IOUT related faults.

7Ch STATUS_INPUT Read Byte 1 Reports types of INPUT related faults.

7Dh STATUS_TEMPERA

TURE Read Byte 1 Returns over- temperature warning and over-

temperature fault (OTP level). Does not report under-

temperature warning/fault. The bit meanings are:

Bit <7> Over-Temperature Fault

Bit <6> Over-Temperature Warning

Bit <5> Under-Temperature Warning

Bit <4> Under-Temperature Fault

Bit <3:0> Reserved

7Eh STATUS_CML Read Byte 1 Returns 1 byte where the bit meanings are:

Bit <7> Command not Supported

Bit <6> Invalid data

Bit <5> PEC fault

Bit <4> OTP fault

Bit <3:2> Reserved

Bit<1> Other communication fault

Bit<0> Other memory or logic fault; hardcoded to 0

88h READ_VIN11 Read Word 2 Returns the input voltage in volts

8Bh READ_VOUT16 Read Word 2 Returns the output voltage in volts

8Ch READ_IOUT11 Read Word 2 Returns the output current in amperes

8Dh READ_TEMPERATU

RE11 Read Word 2 Returns the device temperature in degrees Celsius

96h READ_POUT11 Read Word 2 Returns the output power in watts

98h PMBUS™_REVISIO

N Read Byte 1 Reports PMBus™ Part I rev 1.2 & PMBus™

Part II rev 1.2

99h MFR_ID Block

Read/Write 2 IR Returns bytes used to read the manufacturer’s ID.

User can overwrite with any value. 9Ah MFR_MODEL Block

Read/Write 3 Set 000000 If set to 000000h, returns a 1 byte code corresponding to

IC_DEVICE_ID. Alternatively, user can set to any non-zero

value

9Bh MFR_REVISION Block

Read/Write 3 Set 000000 If set to 000000h, returns a 1 byte code corresponding to

IC_DEVICE_REV.

Alternatively, user can set to any non-zero value ADh IC_DEVICE_ID Block Read 2 Used to read the type or part number of an IC.

IR38164: 6Dh

AEh IC_DEVICE_REV Block Read 1 Used to read the revision of the IC

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Command

Code Command Name

SMBus

transaction No. of

bytes Range

Resolutio

n Default

Value Description

D0h MFR_READ_REG Custom 2 Manufacturer Specific: Read from configuration

registers

D1h MFR_WRITE_REG Write Word 2 Manufacturer Specific: Write to configuration & status

registers

D8h MFR_TPGDLY R/W Word 2 0-10ms 1ms 0ms Sets the delay in milliseconds, between the output

voltage entering the regulation window and the

assertion of the PGood signal. Exponent 0 allowed. D9h MFR_FCCM R/W Byte 1 0-1 CCM Allows the user to choose between forced continuous

conduction mode and adaptive on-time operation at

light load. D6h MFR_I2C_address R/W Word 1 0-7Fh 10h Sets and returns the device I2C base address

DBh MFR_VOUT_PEAK16 Read Word 2 Continuously records and reports the highest value of

Read Vout. DCh MFR_IOUT_PEAK11 Read Word 2 Continuously records and reports the highest value of

Read Iout. DDh MFR_TEMPERATUR

E_PEAK11 Read Word 2 Continuously records and reports the highest value of

Read_Temperature

Notes

11 Uses LINEAR11 format

16 Uses LINEAR16 format with exponent set to-8

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16 PCB footprint and layout recommendations

16.1 Layout recommendations

PCB layout is very important when designing high frequency switching converters. Layout will affect noise

pickup and can cause a good design to perform with less than expected results.

Make the connections for the power components on the top layer with wide, copper filled areas or shapes. In

general, it is desirable to make proper use of power planes and polygons for power distribution and heat

dissipation.

The input capacitors, inductor, output capacitors and the IR38164 should be as close to each other as possible.

This helps to reduce the EMI radiated by the power traces due to the high switching currents through them.

Place the input capacitor directly at the PVin pin of IR38164. The feedback part of the system should be kept

away from the inductor and other noise sources. The critical bypass components such as capacitors for Vin,

Vcc, and 1.8 V should be close to their respective pins. It is important to place the feedback components

including feedback resistors and compensation components close to Fb and Comp pins.

In a multilayer PCB, use one layer as a power ground plane and have a control circuit ground (analog ground) to

which all signals are referenced. The goal is to localize the high current path to a separate loop that does not

interfere with the more sensitive analog control functions. These two grounds must be connected together on

the PC board layout at a single point. It is recommended to place all the compensation parts over the analog

ground plane in top layer.

IR38164 has three pins, SCL, SDA and SALERT# that are used for I2C/PMBus™ communication. It is

recommended that the traces used for these communication lines be at least 10 mils wide with spacing

between the SCL and SDA traces that is at least 2-3 times the trace width. Follow the Intel® recommended PCB

routing techniques for the SVID interface.

The Power QFN is a thermally enhanced package. To effectively remove heat from the device, the exposed pad

should be connected to the ground planes using multiple vias.

As shown in the PCB layout:

Allow enough copper for PVin, GND and Vout

All bypass capacitors are placed as close as possible to their connecting pins

Components for loop compensation are placed as close as possible to the COMP pin

AGND is connected to the inner PGND plane through via holes

Resistor Rt is placed as close as possible to the Rt pin

SW node copper should only be routed on the top layer to minimize switching noises

Fb and Vsns trace routing are kept away from SW node

Thermal via holes are placed on PVIN and PGND pads to aid thermal dissipation

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16.2 PCB Metal and Component Placement

Evaluation has shown that the best overall performance is achieved using the substrate/PCB layout as shown in

the following figures. PQFN devices should be placed to an accuracy of 0.050 mm on both X and Y axes. Self-

centering behavior is highly dependent on solders and processes, and experiments should be run to confirm

the limits of self-centering on specific processes.

For further information, please refer to SupIRBuck™ Multi-Chip Module (MCM) Power Quad Flat No-Lead

(PQFN) Board Mounting Application Note. AN .

All dimensions in the following figures are in mm.

The PCB pads and component footprint are shown in Figure 38.

Figure 38 PCB pads and component

16.3 PCB copper and solder resist Infineon recommends that larger Power or Land Area pads are Solder Mask Defined (SMD.) This allows the

underlying copper traces to be as large as possible, which helps in terms of current carrying capability and

device cooling capability.

When using SMD pads, the underlying copper traces should be at least 0.05 mm larger (on each edge) than the

Solder Mask window, in order to accommodate any layer to layer misalignment (i.e. 0.1 mm in X & Y).

For smaller signal type leads around the edge of the device, Infineon recommends that these are Non Solder

Mask Defined (NSMD) or Copper Defined.

When using NSMD pads, the Solder Resist Window should be larger than the Copper Pad by at least 0.025 mm

on each edge, (i.e. 0.05 mm in X&Y,) in order to accommodate any layer to layer misalignment.

Ensure that the solder resist in-between the smaller signal lead areas is at least 0.15 mm wide, due to the high

x/y aspect ratio of the solder mask strip.

Recommendations are shown in Figure 39 and Figure 40.

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Figure 39 PCB copper and solder resist (pad sizes)

Figure 40 PCB copper and solder resist (pad spacing)

16.4 PCB solder paste stencil Stencils for PQFN packages can be used with thicknesses of 0.100-0.250 mm (0.004- . . Stencils thinner than 0.100 mm are unsuitable because they deposit insufficient solder paste to make good solder joints with

the ground pad; high reductions sometimes create similar problems. Stencils in the range of 0.125 mm-0.200

mm (0.005- . , with suitable reductions, give the best results.

A recommended stencil design is shown in Figure 41 and Figure 42. This design is for a stencil thickness of 0.127

mm . . The reduction should be adjusted for stencils of other thicknesses.

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Figure 41 Solder paste stencil (pad sizes)

Figure 42 Solder paste stencil (pad spacing)

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Marking and package information

17 Marking and package information

17.1 Final production marking

Figure 43 Package marking

17.2 Early production marking

Figure 44 Package marking

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17.3 Package dimensions

Package dimensions are shown in Figure 45 through Figure 47.

Figure 45 Package dimensions

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Figure 46 Package dimensions

Figure 47 Package dimensions

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Environmental Qualifications

18 Environmental Qualifications

Table 14

Qualification Level Industrial

Moisture Sensitivity 5mm x 7mm PQFN MSL 2 260C

ESD

Human Body Model

(JESD22-A114-F) JEDEC Class 1C

Charged Device Model

(JESD22-C101-F) JEDEC Class 3

RoHS Compliant Yes (with Exemption 7a)

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Table of contents

19 References

[1] UN7005 IR3816x_ PMBus™ Command Set

[2] Application Note AN-1162. Compensator Design Procedure for Buck Converter with Voltage-Mode Error-

Amplifier.

[3] Application Note AN- . SupIRBuck™ Multi-Chip Module (MCM) Power Quad Flat No-Lead (PQFN)

Board Mounting Application Note.

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RevisionHistoryIR38164

Revision:2019-03-25,Rev.2.2

Previous Revision

Revision Date Subjects (major changes since last revision)

1.0 2018-01-23 Release of preliminary version

1.1 2018-02-13 Updated OCP limit.

2.0 2018-05-23 Release of final version

2.1 2018-09-26 Updated package drawings.

2.2 2019-03-25 Current reporting limation and corrected PMBUS spec revision.

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